Free People made this beach camp event last month on the West Coast and it's everything I wish summer could be. Can some brand please hire me to do this on East Coast? PLEASSSEEEEEEE?!?! You know I'll do a kick ass job. For reals. I have ideas. Anyway, this is so lovely. Enjoy!
Via the Free People Blog. … [Read more...]

It's officially SUMMER 2013! To celebrate, let's have drinks by the pool... I've already told you all about Julibox, the cocktail of the month club that my hubs and I are obsessed with. This month they sent us a liquor I've never heard of called Esprit de JUNE. It's literally a liquor made from certain wine grape blossoms that bloom only a few days a year in June. Uh huh. (Side note: You can also use St Germaine for this drink instead of the Esprit de June. Much easier to find and has the same effect.)
The cocktail that you are seeing here is a "Sangria Parisienne" a blend of Kettle One … [Read more...]

My friend Elizabeth over at Stone Textile (remember when I used her pillows in Chez Bachelor? I still want those pillows for my house!) was kind enough to send me over some goodies from her table top collection- beautiful acrylic diamond cut plate mats, and some diamond patterned napkins, see them HERE- and asked me to put together a little place setting for Mother's Day. Of course, I'm thrilled to get gifts of the tabletop variety. I've been doing this blog for 4 years now, do you know how hard it is to keep reinventing the same dishes over and over again? It's hard! Every year I want to buy … [Read more...]

Holy cow, it's finally the weekend. Didnt this week take FOREVER? Mine was so packed, that bad me, I didn't even get to blog yesterday. I even had a post waiting to go, but I couldn't get to my computer to post it. Short weeks lead to really annoying long weeks, don't they? Anyway, no this is not turning into a food blog, but I did make ice cubes infused with fruit this week.... we have this ice tray that makes 2" ice cubes (HERE), better for scotch because with less surface area it doesn't melt as fast. Cookie and I used the tray to suspend various fruits in the cubes. (Dont worry: I didn't … [Read more...]

For the kiddie table, I set up the children's seats on the breakfast bar. Why open a small table and add clutter when this bar is right here? I've found this is the best arrangement for parties for my apartment. This table setting, orchestrated by me and Cookie has another awesome DIY.
Cookie diligently colored 8 cloth cocktail napkins with these iron on pastels I bought, HERE. Color the napkin, iron for a few minutes, and you have permanently colored napkins. I thought this was SUCH a cute way to get the kids involved with Thanksgiving and setting the table! It's amazing what you can … [Read more...]